Grey Oceans
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| Released | April 30, 2010 | |||
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| Length | 46:23 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
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| CocoRosie chronology | ||||
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Grey Oceans is the fourth studio album by American musical group CocoRosie, released by Sub Pop on April 30, 2010.[1][2]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 60/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The A.V. Club | C+[5] |
| Beats Per Minute | 67%[6] |
| Filter | 83%[7] |
| MusicOMH | [8] |
| NME | 7/10[9] |
| Pitchfork | 5.1/10[10] |
| Slant Magazine | [11] |
| The Skinny | [12] |
| URB |  [13] |
Grey Oceans received mixed reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the album an average score of 60, based on 21 reviews.[3] Music webzine The Line of Best Fit named it the 47th best album of 2010.[14]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sierra Rose Casady, Bianca Leilani Casady and Gaël Alfred Rakotondrabé, former member of the group
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trinity's Crying" | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Smokey Taboo" | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Hopscotch" | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Undertaker" | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Grey Oceans" | 4:28 |
| 6. | "R.I.P. Burn Face" | 4:34 |
| 7. | "The Moon Asked the Crow" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Lemonade" | 5:10 |
| 9. | "Gallows" | 4:25 |
| 10. | "Fairy Paradise" | 4:18 |
| 11. | "Here I Come" | 3:25 |
| Total length: | 46:23 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Surfer Girl" | 4:17 |
| 13. | "St. Michael" | 4:06 |
| Total length: | 54:46 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- CocoRosie – lyrics, music, production
- Gael Rakotondrabe – piano, keyboards
- Gustavo "Bolsa" Gonzalez – drums (3)
- Christina Chalmers – vocals (4)
- Martin Pantirer – bass clarinet (4, 7), alto saxophone (4, 7)
- Neda Sanai – vocals (6)
- Dave Sitek – production (6, 8, 10)
- Todd Simon – trumpet (8)
- Florence Fritz – violin (9), vocals (9)
- Nico Kalwill – engineering, mixing
- Zephyrus Sowers – additional engineering (6, 8, 10)
- Matt Greene – cover photography
- David Babbitt – layout
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] | 68 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] | 49 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] | 59 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[18] | 24 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 96 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 43 |
References
- ^ Hughes, Josiah (February 24, 2010). "CocoRosie Sign with Sub Pop, Explore Grey Oceans This May". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (March 24, 2010). "New Release: CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Grey Oceans by CocoRosie". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Grey Oceans - CocoRosie". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Mincher, Chris (May 11, 2010). "CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Hakimian, Rob (May 12, 2010). "Album Review: CocoRosie - Grey Oceans". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Scrudato, Ken (May 18, 2010). "CocoRosie". Filter. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Shepherd, Sam (May 3, 2010). "CocoRosie – Grey Oceans". MusicOMH. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Snapes, Laura (April 30, 2010). "Album Review: CocoRosie - 'Grey Oceans' (Sub Pop)". NME. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (May 12, 2010). "CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Cataldo, Jesse (May 6, 2010). "Review: CocoRosie, Grey Oceans". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Mayberry, Lauren (April 23, 2010). "CocoRosie - Grey Oceans". The Skinny. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Madden, Dave (May 21, 2010). "CocoRosie – Grey Oceans (Review)". URB. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "The Line Of Best Fit // Albums of 2010". The Line of Best Fit. December 17, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
External links
- Grey Oceans at Discogs (list of releases)